Oulad Zyan
Oulad ZyanorAwlad Ziyan (al-Hilalia)(Arabic:أولاد زيان) is a tribe inMoroccobelonging to theChaouiatribal confederation.[1]
The special feature of this tribe is that its lands are separated into two parts by a distance of 30 km.: Oulad Zyan Moualine el Oued, which is southeast ofCasablanca,and Oulad Zyan Soualem, which is south-west of the same city.
Geography
[edit]The tribe is bordered by the Ziaida tribe northeast, by the Mdakra tribe southeast, by the Oulad Hariz tribe south-west by the Mediouna tribe northwest, and by the Zenata tribe in the north.
On his land, the river flows Oued el Maleh, it is also characterized by its many water sources (Ain Sbaa, Hlilifa Ain, Ain Zahra Ain Ghassalat, etc.). Its territory stretches for 12 km along the Atlantic coast and separates Mediouna (Chaouia) and Chiadma (Doukkala).[1]
Origin
[edit]The origin of Oulad Zyan isArab,being the descendants of Oulad Khalifa as accepted byIbn Khaldun.Their great grandfather is Zyan bin Khalifa bin Askar (which she kept the name) bin Nadir bin Urwa bin Zughba bin bin Abi Rabi bin Nahik ofBanu Hilal,Arab tribe originating ofNejd(now a province of presentSaudi Arabia).[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^abMission Scientifique du Maroc (coll.), Villes et Tribus du Maroc: Casablanca et les Chaouïa, Ed. E. Leroux (Paris), 1915, Tome II, pp. 24-29
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-11-01.Retrieved2015-03-01.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Ibn khaldoun,Livre des exemples,considérations sur l’histoire des Arabes, des Persans et des Berbères
- ^L'historien et membre de l'Académie du Royaume du MarocAbdelhadi Tazi
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